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Phantoms Win Bronze in 2K22 Portland Dragon Boat Festival

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Phantoms – Bronze Medalists in 2022 Portland Dragon Boat Festival!!!  

The Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms crew captured Bronze Medals in the 500-Meter Mixed-C Division at the 2022 Portland Dragon Boat Festival.  Several of our paddlers filled open slots on Women’s and BCS crews, and brought home additional hardware!  Congrats to all for a great performance! 

Results and Photos

This was our first trip to Portland, and it proved to be a very fun and competitive event.  Check out the full Race Results

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Phantoms Race Crew – Portland 2K22

Additional photos of the event are posted here:

Phantoms – Portland 2K22

Phantoms Take Home Gold at Riverdale Regatta 2K22

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Phantoms – Place First in 2022 Riverdale Regatta!!!  

In another great performance, the Phantoms took first place in the 250-Meter B Division  at the 2022 Riverdale Regatta.   Awesome Job, Phantoms! 

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Riverdale Regatta 2K22

DRACO Hosts Grand Lake Charity Regatta

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On July 16, 2022 the Dragonboat Racing Association of Colorado (DRACO) provided boats, equipment and technical assistance to put on a charity dragon boat regatta on Grand Lake. The event served as a fund-raiser to benefit seven local non-profit organizations, along with DRACO’s breast cancer survivor (BCS) dragon boat program.  These organizations put together 10-man teams, all without any prior dragon boat experience.  It proved to be a challenging, but very successful and popular event!

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Grand Lake Charity Regatta Photo Album

Phantoms Take Silver and Bronze at CDBF 2K22

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Great Phantoms Performance  – Silver and Bronze Medals at CDBF 2K22!!!  

In a stellar performance, the Phantoms crew captured Silver Medals in the 400-Meter Premier Division and Bronze Medals in the 200-Meter Premier Division at the 2022 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival.   Outstanding Job, Phantoms!

Race Results for the two days of racing can be found at these links:  Saturday     Sunday 

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Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms – CDBF 2K22

Phantoms Compete in 2K22 Arizona Dragon Boat Festival

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Congratulations to the Phantoms crew for another strong showing at this year’s Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, held March 26-27, 2K22.  Many thanks to the CODA and LA Harbor Dragons paddlers who teamed up w/ us to compete in this event, and special thanks to Connie Flesuras for drumming for us!  

A huge congratulations to our Pink Phantoms paddlers who raced w/ the Central Coast SurviveOars crew, winning Gold Medals in the BCS Division.  A generous grant from the Cancer League of Colorado helped make participation in this event possible for our BCS paddlers. 

Results and Photos

As always, this year’s Arizona Festival was a very competitive event.  Check out the full Race Results

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Phantoms – Arizona 2K22

DRACO hosts Adaptive Adventures Dragon Boat Simulator Practice

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On March 14 and March 28, 2022 we hosted dragon boat pool simulator practices for Adaptive Adventures, an adaptive sports provider that has several athletes training for an upcoming Paralympic competition. How awesome to be able to make our simulator accessible to this great group!

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Additional photos taken at the event can be seen at this link:

Adaptive Adventures Dragon Boat Pool Practices

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DRACO Awarded Cancer League of Colorado Service Grant!

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DRACO is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1,500 Service Grant by the Cancer League of Colorado, in support of its BCS dragon boat program and activities that benefit Colorado’s cancer survivor community.

Many thanks to the Cancer League of Colorado for its continued support!!!

 

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Local BCS Paddler featured in 9News Profile

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Check out this news feature profiling our own Rebecca Novak 

Several months ago we were approached by a 9News correspondent, inquiring about the possibility of doing a profile featuring one of our BCS paddlers. The project was approved, and work has been ongoing throughout the summer.  The program was initially scheduled to be broadcast the evening of December 30, but was pre-empted at the last minute due to more critical coverage of the Marshall Fire, and finally aired on January 7, 2022.

Check it out at this link:

Colorado Woman’s Cancer Journey

 

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Phantoms to Compete in Arizona Dragon Boat Festival March 26-27

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After having all of their competitive events canceled for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Phantom Dragons / Pink Phantoms crew finally have another race on their calendar.  The crew is registered to race in the Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, to be held March 26-27, 2K22. In all likelihood, several of our Pink Phantoms paddlers will also participate as part of survivor crews in the BCS Division races and ceremony.  Wish us luck!  SaveSaveSaveSave

Additional information concerning this event can be found at the following link:

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DRACO Paddlers Practice in OCs, Dragon Boats, Pool Simulator

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Dragon Boating Events Canceled this Summer due to COVID-19; Practices Uninterrupted

This season’s dragon boat events were all canceled again due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, that didn’t stop us from practicing, initially by holding “socially-distanced” training sessions in outrigger canoes.  After we determined (via anonymous polling of our paddlers) that we could address COVID-19 concerns by requiring that everyone be fully vaccinated, we resumed our training in dragon boats.  At the conclusion of the summer practice season, we moved back inside, holding dragon boat pool simulator practices. 

Miscellaneous photos and video clips of our practices can be found at the following links:

 Outrigger Canoe Practices 2K21

Dragon Boat Practices 2K21

Dragon Boat Pool Simulator Practices 2K21

 

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